Improvement in paper boxes



B. OSBORN.

PAPER B0X.

Patented Feb. 27,1877.

ATTORNEYS NfPEr ERS. FMOT0|JTHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D c,

UNITED STATES PATENT CDEEECEo BENNET OSBORN, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

IMPRQVEMENT IN PAPER BOXES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 187,895, dated February 27, 1877; application filed July 1, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENNET OsBoEN, of Newark, in the county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Paper Boxes with handles made ot' tape or other suitable material for carrying ice cream, jellies, oysters, lunches, Ste.; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the -constructionand operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a perspective view of my box, and Fig. 2 is a central vertical sectional View of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail view thereof.

This invention was originally presented by mein an application tiled August 17, 1872, and subsequently rejected. It has relation to paper boxes or packages for holding ice-cream, fried oysters, Ste., and is designed chiefly as as an improvement on the paper box for which Letters Patent were granted to me March 8, 1870. rIhe novelty consists in the novel construction of the box, and the attachment of a flexible bail or loop made of tape or cord thereto, as will be hereafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, A designates my improved box formed from a rectangular-shaped sheet of paper, cut to the proper form for holding. Al B C D represent, respectively, the parts which constitute the lid, back, bottom, and front of the box; E F, the folds from which the sides of double thickness are formed. The narrow sides of the box are doubled, and near the bottom thereof are tripled, and also are provided with stiffening folding aps a b. H designates the suspension loop or bail, consisting of a flexible piece of tape or cord.

To the bottom, on the inner side, is removably attached an auxiliary bottom, d, which strengthens the bottom ot' the box, and protects it from giving away too readily. The ends of this loop are attached by pasting or otherwise to the folding wings E, near the ends which are even with the top of the box when it is formed. Hence when the box is finished the ends of the loop are held secure between the folds or wings E F, thereby protecting the fastening of the bail to the box, and rendering the fastening more secure.

The loop is designed especially for paper packages intended to hold ice-cream, as it serves to protect the latter from the heat of the hands, but may also be applied to packages for other purposes, as for instance, fried oysters, the heat from which renders the carrying of the box very unpleasant.

The cover A' is bent over at its front edge, as shown in Fig. l of the drawings, making it a complete box for transporting ice-cream, fried oysters, &c.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The improved box made from a rectangular sheet of paper, and provided with double sides E F, folding flaps a b, removable bottom d and the cover A, bent over at its front edge, with a tlexible suspension bail or handle, H, having its ends fastened between the side folds E F, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses: BENNET OSBORN.

LEWIS A. OsBoRN, BENJ. F. ULARK. 

